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, to understand the va. we know the va because we live and breathe it every day. when they're going in a direction in their lives they didn't consider before, the american legion has a track record since 1919 of helping those individuals. va and dod should >> anything we can do, if there's information that you're sending that you think is valuable and maybe the listening isn't happening on our end at times, you've got to let us know. what i've always heard is the program, originally it was just problematic. i'm trying to be polite here. but having you involved is critical. veterans being the test pilot, in essence, on this is create corral to make sure -- critical to make sure this works for veterans who need that information. so i thank you for that. if i can ask one quick question, ms. jones, and then i'll cease at that point, if that's okay, mr. chairman. ms. jones, i know we talked a little bit about women's veterans and what's happening. @, you know, i know -- it's, you know, i know it's a critical issu
, to understand the va. we know the va because we live and breathe it every day. when they're going in a direction in their lives they didn't consider before, the american legion has a track record since 1919 of helping those individuals. va and dod should >> anything we can do, if there's information that you're sending that you think is valuable and maybe the listening isn't happening on our end at times, you've got to let us know. what i've always heard is the program, originally it...
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the veteran can go to the va hospital or the va clinic or utilize this service. and we think they can increase as a. i think there are innovative ways to ensure the core of the va is strong, stable and growing, but also making sure we realize another arena we put in and a lot of federal dollars into the health care systems in very rural areas. and i think there's a great way to ensure that we keep equal or better quality for veterans. i think as you look at this, i think we'll all be very interested in this, in your suggestions. along with that, we were able to put in to the defense authorization bill language for active military. we need to do the same thing for veterans. and that is a very better communicating safe mental health services in washington, d.c., then you go home to alaska and you want to get the same mental health service providers to provide for you, if they're not licensed in alaska, not going to happen. in the active military we put someone which income and the minute i put in to ensure that no matter where you go you can still access that docto
the veteran can go to the va hospital or the va clinic or utilize this service. and we think they can increase as a. i think there are innovative ways to ensure the core of the va is strong, stable and growing, but also making sure we realize another arena we put in and a lot of federal dollars into the health care systems in very rural areas. and i think there's a great way to ensure that we keep equal or better quality for veterans. i think as you look at this, i think we'll all be very...
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the va does not do dual diagnosis. so here's poor jeff. he's having suicidal thoughts, his parents don't know because they didn't tell his parents. and because he was heavy on alcohol, he was drinking a lot of beer, we can't treat you. we can't do a dual -- they didn't say we don't do a dual diagnosis. they said, when he gets off alcohol, then we can treat him. that's no way to treat a veteran that comes home in terrible pain. and beyond jeff's story they are, because of the constant deployments, they're taking sleeping pills. they're taking percocet, they're taking oxycontin. these are very dangerous drugs -- >> host: and addictive. >> guest: and addictive. without a medical overseer while they're overseas. they come home, that's what they get. they go to a physician, va physician, sleeping pills. >> host: in jeff's case they desperately tried to get him help. they didn't really understand post traumatic stress disorder at the time. his grandfather took him to the hospital. they tried to get him committed. >> guest: right. >> host: um, ul
the va does not do dual diagnosis. so here's poor jeff. he's having suicidal thoughts, his parents don't know because they didn't tell his parents. and because he was heavy on alcohol, he was drinking a lot of beer, we can't treat you. we can't do a dual -- they didn't say we don't do a dual diagnosis. they said, when he gets off alcohol, then we can treat him. that's no way to treat a veteran that comes home in terrible pain. and beyond jeff's story they are, because of the constant...
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i've become a media whore because nobody is listening to me at the va. he is not getting help he needs. and i don't know what he is going to do. one day he is up. one day he is down. will he commit see sued? will he not? he got him to a health clinic. he went at night so he wouldn't be in traffic. this is from war. you're afraid someone coming towards you. he saw a accident, was on the phone for two hours with his father to make his father persuade him to come back. this father is feeling hosch. he doesn't know what will happen to his son. cheryl felt this was not my son anymore. they killed him inside. i don't recognize him. i love him dearly. i don't recognize him. i don't know what i can do to help. so the fathers are on the front line. the wives are on the front line. a mother is afraid, so what if the doorbell rings and they're telling me my son died? and a child goes to school, she's the only military child, she's in grammar school sayings, oh, your daddy is in the army, he's going to die. we're totally disconnected from, not only the soldiers, but
i've become a media whore because nobody is listening to me at the va. he is not getting help he needs. and i don't know what he is going to do. one day he is up. one day he is down. will he commit see sued? will he not? he got him to a health clinic. he went at night so he wouldn't be in traffic. this is from war. you're afraid someone coming towards you. he saw a accident, was on the phone for two hours with his father to make his father persuade him to come back. this father is feeling...
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what we want to va to understand is why we have gender specific differences we still deserve the same timeliness that they give too in some ways our male counterparts. what we we are asking for is not a separate facility to walk into. we want to go into the va health care system, system that provided for veterans and that understands veterans to include female veterans. may be a separate waiting room especially for women veterans who suffer with ptsd specifically due to military specific trauma. when the law was reduced, the standards reduced for men with ptsd they left out military sexual trauma. they fail to reduce the standards and women largely impart women, providing the burden of proof for women grouping claims for the military. we want to be included in that for ptsd. so what they told us is that we want fair treatment. we want the va to understand that women are large part of our military and when we come home we want to be cared for just like our male veterans. >> very good, thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> senator boatman. >> thank you mr. chairman. i really don
what we want to va to understand is why we have gender specific differences we still deserve the same timeliness that they give too in some ways our male counterparts. what we we are asking for is not a separate facility to walk into. we want to go into the va health care system, system that provided for veterans and that understands veterans to include female veterans. may be a separate waiting room especially for women veterans who suffer with ptsd specifically due to military specific...
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he said, i'm a media whore because nobody's listening to me at the va. he's not getting the help he needs. i don't know what he's going to do. one day he's up. one day he's down. will he commit suicide? will he not? he got him to a health clippic. he went at night so he wouldn't be in traffic. again, this is for more -- you're afraid someone's coming towards you. he saw an accident. he was on the phone for two hours with his father to get his father to persuade him to come back. this father is feeling horrible. he do you want know what's going to happen to his son. sheryl felt it was not my son anymore. they killed him inside. i don't recognize him. i love him dearly. i don't recognize him. i don't know what to do to help. so the mothers are on the front line. the wives are on the front line. a mother is afraid so what if the doorbell rings and they tell me my son died? a child goes to school, she's the only military child in the -- she's in grammar school, say, oh, you're daddy's in the army. he's going to die. we're totally disconnected from not only t
he said, i'm a media whore because nobody's listening to me at the va. he's not getting the help he needs. i don't know what he's going to do. one day he's up. one day he's down. will he commit suicide? will he not? he got him to a health clippic. he went at night so he wouldn't be in traffic. again, this is for more -- you're afraid someone's coming towards you. he saw an accident. he was on the phone for two hours with his father to get his father to persuade him to come back. this father is...
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but on health care system of the va. one of the proposals that's been put on the table, similar to how the governor, governor romney would approach medicare is the talk of using, changing the va system to go to a system of vouchers. i think that the va system, if you actually look at it, is probably the most respected system nationwide. they get very high marks for quality of patient care, and so forth. i mean, i think the idea of messing with that system and going to an unproven voucher system is very worrisome for a lot of veterans that i talk too. and i do think that's a policy difference on investment in the va that is different between the two campaigns. >> secretary lehman, former navy secretary lehman, in an interview recently -- [inaudible] very ambitious program. basically quite doubling the navy's current shipbuilding plan, which is 13, $14 billion in a year, which is what it's been under the bush administration, the obama administration. where are you going -- were i you going to get to the point? [inaudible]
but on health care system of the va. one of the proposals that's been put on the table, similar to how the governor, governor romney would approach medicare is the talk of using, changing the va system to go to a system of vouchers. i think that the va system, if you actually look at it, is probably the most respected system nationwide. they get very high marks for quality of patient care, and so forth. i mean, i think the idea of messing with that system and going to an unproven voucher system...
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they go to a physician, a va's edition, sleeping pills. >> host: in jeff's case, they desperately tried to get him help. they didn't really understand post-traumatic stress disorder at the time. his grandfather took them to the hospital. they tried to get them committed. ultimately, it was his father coming home from work one day who finds jeff in the basement, hanging from a news. >> guest: right, simply because there is a different frame of reference and a different language between veterans. a veteran needs to talk to another veteran or to be in a group of veterans. one that i talked to said, when i need a veteran -- meet a veteran it's instant friendship. i can't talk to anybody in the civilian world so it's not only that language as the frame of reference and experience, but it's very difficult to share. my daughter-in-law's brother is a colonel and -- colonel and he apologized for having many years when we would talk on the phone -- there are differences between the military and the civilian culture. if you complain, the if you go for help, i may get demoted, you know there is --
they go to a physician, a va's edition, sleeping pills. >> host: in jeff's case, they desperately tried to get him help. they didn't really understand post-traumatic stress disorder at the time. his grandfather took them to the hospital. they tried to get them committed. ultimately, it was his father coming home from work one day who finds jeff in the basement, hanging from a news. >> guest: right, simply because there is a different frame of reference and a different language...
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i was a perfect -- for one of the greatest practical jokes in va history and that was my nomination and election and acclamation in absentia the only political office i've ever held in that as secretary of treasury of the young democrats. [applause] this became a news story which was how my parents found out about it and they thought it was kind of funny. my granddad did not think it was funny at all. the man i've known his granddad i became to know is general and he was a partisan and 1960's was also a trustee. he was somebody came to power at the end of this enormous victory which had costs and raise complex issues for our society, like every surviving society of world war ii. and stepped forward as someone determined to restore a two-party system, restored constitutional balance between the presidency and the congress and then by his example, depart office into establishing a 20th century, 21st century custom. as a reminder that we are a nation under laws and that no one in america is indispensable and that's what it's distinguishing about our country is leadership at all levels and
i was a perfect -- for one of the greatest practical jokes in va history and that was my nomination and election and acclamation in absentia the only political office i've ever held in that as secretary of treasury of the young democrats. [applause] this became a news story which was how my parents found out about it and they thought it was kind of funny. my granddad did not think it was funny at all. the man i've known his granddad i became to know is general and he was a partisan and 1960's...
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jimmy carter, ronald reagan come the first church veteran texas va connecticut. bill clinton from arkansas and the second bush from texas. the 2008 is a watershed election. it ends his 40 year. if sun belt dominance. and there were issues that are critical in the politics that develop, that came out of the sun belt. they had a conservative cast to them. they tend to be oriented about strong defense of an opposition to unions in defense of free enterprise politics. and also from the sun belt in the south and southwest of pc derived by the 1970s of what we come to talk about his religious rights, evangelical and fundamentalist voters involved in the political process in new and important ways. so thurmond was at the forefront of all of those issues in his own politics. national defense comest tranche anti-communism played an important role in wavering anti-communist populist politics in the late 50s and the 1960s. it's one of the things that led him to switch parties in 1964. he was a key figure in opposing labor unions. he did so alongside people like terry goldwa
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medicare, talk of using, changing the va system to go to a system of vouchers. the va system as you look at it is probably the most respected hospital system nationwide. they get very high marks for quality of patient care and so forth. the idea of mixing with that system and going to an unproven voucher system is worrisome for what i talked to. i do think that is a policy difference on investment in the va that is different between the two campaigns. >> secretary wayman in an interview recently laid out the naval plan, 15 ships the year, a very ambitious program, not quite doubling of the navy's current plan which is $14 billion a year which put a spin under the george bush administration and the obama administration. where are you going to put this investment and get the money to build those additional ships? where are you going to get the sailors? talk about increasing the marines and the army, downsizing, the navy has been downsizing for a while. where are you going to get the sailors? >> my understanding is when john lehmann laid out a very specific plan th
medicare, talk of using, changing the va system to go to a system of vouchers. the va system as you look at it is probably the most respected hospital system nationwide. they get very high marks for quality of patient care and so forth. the idea of mixing with that system and going to an unproven voucher system is worrisome for what i talked to. i do think that is a policy difference on investment in the va that is different between the two campaigns. >> secretary wayman in an interview...
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it was a great restoration of our conservative ideals, va. going through difficult times and george allen came in and championed the great reforms of abolishing, implementing academic standards, reforming welfare so you have to work for your welfare benefits which is completely water down. becky was part of the revolution and are will tell u.s. secretary of health and human resources, there was no issue she was unwilling to issue and that was a tough area for conservatives. she was out there on the front lines during the entire administration and she was an inspiration for me and a lot of other conservatives but particularly for conservative women. i want to thank becky for her noble service to the commonwealth and the country. thank you. michele i have known for years and years since i started at young america's foundation from the university of virginia and she is someone who has managed to combined career and family in the most professional and noble manner. she has three incredible young men as her sons and always put her family first, he
it was a great restoration of our conservative ideals, va. going through difficult times and george allen came in and championed the great reforms of abolishing, implementing academic standards, reforming welfare so you have to work for your welfare benefits which is completely water down. becky was part of the revolution and are will tell u.s. secretary of health and human resources, there was no issue she was unwilling to issue and that was a tough area for conservatives. she was out there on...
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instituted the first post-traumatic stress hotline, 24-hour hotline in the nation even before the federal va did it. i did that with the help of the republican legislature. >> moderator: three quick points. ms. duckworth has been on record for a couple of years at the affordable care act, obamacare didn't go far enough. secondly, this district was drawn for her. it was not simply drawn by a democrat for a democrat and it was drawn by very powerful people named axelrod and durbin. and a final point tammy did do some good things when she ran the d.a. here in illinois. in illinois like a lot of states still has huge problems in the care they give to their veterans. >> moderator: let's move onto some big issues facing the country. duckworth: i don't get to respond to that? >> moderator: we will hopefully get back to that. we have a lot of things to cover tonight. let's talk about social security and medicare. the medicare system has only 12 years left in its funding of social security could be bankrupted by 2033. specifics on how to reform and add longevity to these programs? duckworth: there ar
instituted the first post-traumatic stress hotline, 24-hour hotline in the nation even before the federal va did it. i did that with the help of the republican legislature. >> moderator: three quick points. ms. duckworth has been on record for a couple of years at the affordable care act, obamacare didn't go far enough. secondly, this district was drawn for her. it was not simply drawn by a democrat for a democrat and it was drawn by very powerful people named axelrod and durbin. and a...
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bill and my first year stand up and make sure that the va was finally, finally fully funded. i have been proud to work with protection a bill i introduced that made sthiewrt troops will be extent on repoeted and extended toward a duty would get fair compensation. i have been proud to fight for va benefits and making sure that clinics stayed open in our neighborhoods. working with some of the men right here in the room who have proudly served us. i have been proud at every turn to do all i can. [applause] i have gone so far as to not only provide opportunity to bring resources to help our homeless veterans but gone out and worked with my staff, we have actually gone to the habitat for humidity and worked together to build a shelter. we are too great a country to have veterans that are homeless in this great country. >> moderator: congressman renacci? renacci: a son of world war two veteran that have cursens with, uncles, i believe we need to support them 100%. i believe we need to make sure they have everything they need from the equipment, the pay and when they comb home. the
bill and my first year stand up and make sure that the va was finally, finally fully funded. i have been proud to work with protection a bill i introduced that made sthiewrt troops will be extent on repoeted and extended toward a duty would get fair compensation. i have been proud to fight for va benefits and making sure that clinics stayed open in our neighborhoods. working with some of the men right here in the room who have proudly served us. i have been proud at every turn to do all i can....
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that's why i was so proud to be able to help, to build the va hospital, the brand-new va hospital down in nevada. to take care of veterans throughout the state. and that's why i passed a just and daily bill where justin davies parents help so we can provide the resources for people that are coming back from the field of battle with ptsd problems and emotional problems. now, when my opponent had a chance to stand with veterans and fight for them, or fight for big oil, he chose to fight for big oil and give them tax breaks instead of making sure that we protected the homeless veterans. there was a homeless veterans vouching program that might opponent voted to get an end so he could continue giving tax breaks to big oil corporations and ship our jobs overseas. we have a lot to be very proud of when it comes to our support for our veterans but we need to make sure that we take care of them and we monitor the promises that we have made through our veterans in this country. >> excuse me, i might've missed but i didn't hear your plans on saving the air force base and the air station and hawt
that's why i was so proud to be able to help, to build the va hospital, the brand-new va hospital down in nevada. to take care of veterans throughout the state. and that's why i passed a just and daily bill where justin davies parents help so we can provide the resources for people that are coming back from the field of battle with ptsd problems and emotional problems. now, when my opponent had a chance to stand with veterans and fight for them, or fight for big oil, he chose to fight for big...
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the va does and they get discounts of 40 to 60% over what our seniors do. and they should for our veterans. but we should be doing that for the seniors. under tommy's watch it was made illegal to the federal government for medicare to negotiate with the drug companies for lower prices for our seniors. the bill wasn't paid for. if you look from today, ten years forward, it's going to add near $8 trillion to our national debt. i believe you pay for things, i support the policy of having seniors have access to affordable drugs. but you have to pay for it. that's one of the reasons i with we're in the mess we're in. on the larger issues of health careen i supported the affordable health care act. thompson: the truth of the matter is tell the truth. baldwin: i am. thompson: tell the truth that medicare under part d which you voted against 90% of the seniors support. and you also to have realize the deal you're talking about was introduced by bill clinton, if i remember correctly he's a democrat. and it was put in by tom dash l. he was a democrat. and another dem
the va does and they get discounts of 40 to 60% over what our seniors do. and they should for our veterans. but we should be doing that for the seniors. under tommy's watch it was made illegal to the federal government for medicare to negotiate with the drug companies for lower prices for our seniors. the bill wasn't paid for. if you look from today, ten years forward, it's going to add near $8 trillion to our national debt. i believe you pay for things, i support the policy of having seniors...
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i think medicare should be able to negotiate for the pharmaceutical prices just like the va does. that would save a lot of money. so you're asking, we've got to move forward. i think that the trouble with this discussion is we're just continuing to argue these past issues when we do have to move forward. there so people are uninsured. there's still people who are not getting the kind of care they need, even though at least now people won't run out of their insurance and won't have the worst things happen to them transit thank you, dan maffei. ann marie buerkle, this follow-up is for you. paul bryant plan retains virtually all of the medicare reductions that are in the health care law. the only difference is that he diverts the savings to his medicare overhaul. so isn't it is misleading to claim that these reductions are cuts that hurt elderly beneficiaries now while failing to inform voters the ryan plan incorporates exactly the same reduction? buerkle: i think what you're saying is paul ryan, because he started up a sign that the affordable care act sets, he took the $700 billion
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figures from surveys conducted by the va, veteran's department of affairs, and the military, itself, by the way, but there are fewer than ones who are not raped, and i give statistics in the book, but the numbers are so horrific of epidemic proportions, i felt it was important to focus on this because other books with respect and hadn't. people were not aware of the degree to which we are persecuting our own soldiers. >> host: you're a professor of journalism, is this a typical book to write? >> guest: well, in our journalism school, we are working journalists, and we do in-depth reporting. we have the academics among us, but we are working journalists who teach. that's always been the profile of the school ever since joseph pulitzer founded it. >> host: have policies changed because of the experience of women in iraq and afghanistan? >> guest: yes, they have. there have been many congressional hearings about the issues of harassment, and i testified twice to congress myself. they have changed some rules, policies, and approaches. they've introduced more prevention training, sexually
figures from surveys conducted by the va, veteran's department of affairs, and the military, itself, by the way, but there are fewer than ones who are not raped, and i give statistics in the book, but the numbers are so horrific of epidemic proportions, i felt it was important to focus on this because other books with respect and hadn't. people were not aware of the degree to which we are persecuting our own soldiers. >> host: you're a professor of journalism, is this a typical book to...
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boneham: va 69 corridor. we are doing the project and where the money go? where do we not don't have enough to finish the project. bloomington -- 37 is going to struggle. common sense to solving our problems. we are creating i-69 with the dollars we have to generate. we need to spend them wisely. >> moderator: thank you, mr. john rupert boneham. mr. mike pence? pence: i am committed to finishing it. leadership is historic and we need to finish the job. we are also going to finish 31 from indianapolis to south bend. we are going to fight to make sure that those in indiana get their dollars back. working in a bipartisan way, with republicans and democrats to get the highway roads done. in terms of our tax dollars going to washington dc, we are proud of it. we also have to fight to get more control over the federal dollars. they got about 20% of the cost. if we go to washington dc and say, where our tax dollars, we will have another $100 million to spend according to estimates. we can do this. we are just going to have to fight for those being committed. >> mo
boneham: va 69 corridor. we are doing the project and where the money go? where do we not don't have enough to finish the project. bloomington -- 37 is going to struggle. common sense to solving our problems. we are creating i-69 with the dollars we have to generate. we need to spend them wisely. >> moderator: thank you, mr. john rupert boneham. mr. mike pence? pence: i am committed to finishing it. leadership is historic and we need to finish the job. we are also going to finish 31 from...
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[inaudible conversations] >>> the potomac institute for policy studies at arlington va recently held a discussion on supply chain risks posed to the nation's cyberinfrastructure. government officials overseeing cybersecurity and the former acting senior director for cyberspace at the national security council were among the speakers at this to our event. >> ladies and gentlemen, if i could have your attention, please. my name is mike swetnam and it is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome here today for the seminar on the supply chain threats a cyber issue that we have been discussing in and around washington for quite some time to read the potomac institute, for those of you that have not been here before, is a science and technology not for profit policy think tank if you will win the washington, d.c. area that focuses on how science and technology affect the national security. for quite some time we have studied issues in and around what people callasymmetric threats and most importantly, terrorism. this past year professor alexander and i released our second volume on al qae
[inaudible conversations] >>> the potomac institute for policy studies at arlington va recently held a discussion on supply chain risks posed to the nation's cyberinfrastructure. government officials overseeing cybersecurity and the former acting senior director for cyberspace at the national security council were among the speakers at this to our event. >> ladies and gentlemen, if i could have your attention, please. my name is mike swetnam and it is my distinct honor and...
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forward is a loving of government to begin negotiating in a large pharmaceutical companies just like the va dose with success and let them negotiate to bring down the costs and also for the pay of performance out just be for individual treatments this will help bring down long-term cost curves and when it comes to health care is all but costs and the rising unsustainable rate right now and we have to bring down the costs. >> moderator: which begs the question how we afford it. we won't settle within this hour and move on to some other issues for people who know that more importantly for perhaps the constituents who don't outline your views on abortion and gay rights. mr. murphy first. murphy: i support a woman's right to choose. this is where my opponent and i are on opposite ends of the spectrum. congressman west said it planned parenthood women are nearing the men and bring in the back country to the point of weakness. i couldn't disagree more on that statement. congressman west voted to defund the preventive treatment, things like mammograms, co-sponsored the controversy a bill to redefi
forward is a loving of government to begin negotiating in a large pharmaceutical companies just like the va dose with success and let them negotiate to bring down the costs and also for the pay of performance out just be for individual treatments this will help bring down long-term cost curves and when it comes to health care is all but costs and the rising unsustainable rate right now and we have to bring down the costs. >> moderator: which begs the question how we afford it. we won't...
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figures from surveys conducted by the va, veteran's department of affairs, and the military, itself, by the way, but there are fewer than ones who are not raped, and i give statistics in the book, but the numbers are so horrific of epidemic proportions, i felt it was important to focus on this because other books with respect and hadn't. people were not aware of the degree to which we are persecuting our own soldiers. >> host: you're a professor of journalism, is this a typical book to write? >> guest: well, in our journalism school, we are working journalists, and we do in-depth reporting. we have the academics among us, but we are working journalists who teach. that's always been the profile of the school ever since joseph pulitzer founded it. >> host: have policies changed because of the experience of women in iraq and afghanistan? >> guest: yes, they have. there have been many congressional hearings about the issues of harassment, and i testified twice to congress myself. they have changed some rules, policies, and approaches. they've introduced more prevention training, sexually
figures from surveys conducted by the va, veteran's department of affairs, and the military, itself, by the way, but there are fewer than ones who are not raped, and i give statistics in the book, but the numbers are so horrific of epidemic proportions, i felt it was important to focus on this because other books with respect and hadn't. people were not aware of the degree to which we are persecuting our own soldiers. >> host: you're a professor of journalism, is this a typical book to...
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just a va does that with much success. they negotiate to bring down the cost. also, we need to continue to move towards a method of pay-for-performance for doctors. not just pay for individual treatments. this'll bring down the long-term cost her. when it comes to health care, it's all about cost. we have to bring down the costs. >> moderator: because specter earlier deficit question. we'll move on to some other issues for people who know. but more importantly for potential constituents who don't outline your views on abortion and rights. mr. murphy first. murphy: i support a woman's right to choose. congressman wes recently said the plant airhead women are neutering american men and bring in this country to the point of incredible weakness. i could not disagree more with that statement. congressman wes voted to define preventative treatments for women. that mammograms, cosponsored the akin built to redefine and the personhood amendment. this makes all abortions illegal, even in the case of rape or incest. west: i've been there for 23 years and have two daughte
just a va does that with much success. they negotiate to bring down the cost. also, we need to continue to move towards a method of pay-for-performance for doctors. not just pay for individual treatments. this'll bring down the long-term cost her. when it comes to health care, it's all about cost. we have to bring down the costs. >> moderator: because specter earlier deficit question. we'll move on to some other issues for people who know. but more importantly for potential constituents...
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i was a perfect -- for one of the greatest practical jokes in va history and that was my nomination and election and acclamation in absentia the only political office i've ever held in that as secretary of treasury of the young democrats. [applause] this became a news story which was how my parents found out about it and they thought it was kind of funny. my granddad did not think it was funny at all. the man i've known his granddad i became to know is general and he was a partisan and 1960's was also a trustee. he was somebody came to power at the end of this enormous victory which had costs and raise complex issues for our society, like every surviving society of world war ii. and stepped forward as someone determined to restore a two-party system, restored constitutional balance between the presidency and the congress and then by his example, depart office into establishing a 20th century, 21st century custom. as a reminder that we are a nation under laws and that no one in america is indispensable and that's what it's distinguishing about our country is leadership at all levels and
i was a perfect -- for one of the greatest practical jokes in va history and that was my nomination and election and acclamation in absentia the only political office i've ever held in that as secretary of treasury of the young democrats. [applause] this became a news story which was how my parents found out about it and they thought it was kind of funny. my granddad did not think it was funny at all. the man i've known his granddad i became to know is general and he was a partisan and 1960's...
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i was a perfect -- for one of the greatest practical jokes in va history and that was my nomination and election and acclamation in absentia the only political office i've ever held in that as secretary of treasury of the young democrats. [applause] this became a news story which was how my parents found out about it and they thought it was kind of funny. my granddad did not think it was funny at all. the man i've known his granddad i became to know is general and he was a partisan and 1960's was also a trustee. he was somebody came to power at the end of this enormous victory which had costs and raise complex issues for our society, like every surviving society of world war ii. and stepped forward as someone determined to restore a two-party system, restored constitutional balance between the presidency and the congress and then by his example, depart office into establishing a 20th century, 21st century custom. as a reminder that we are a nation under laws and that no one in america is indispensable and that's what it's distinguishing about our country is leadership at all levels and
i was a perfect -- for one of the greatest practical jokes in va history and that was my nomination and election and acclamation in absentia the only political office i've ever held in that as secretary of treasury of the young democrats. [applause] this became a news story which was how my parents found out about it and they thought it was kind of funny. my granddad did not think it was funny at all. the man i've known his granddad i became to know is general and he was a partisan and 1960's...
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medicare should be able to negotiate for the pharmaceutical prices just like the va does. that would save a lot of money. we have got to move forward. i think the trouble with this discussion is we are continuing to argue the past issues when we do have to move forward. there are people who are uninsured. there are still people who are not getting the kind of care they need even though at least now people won't run out of their insurance and have worse things happen to them. >> moderator: thank you, dan maffei. ann marie buerkle, this followup is for you. paul ryan's plan retains virtually all of the medicare reductions that are in the health-care law. the only difference is that he diverts the savings to his medicare overhaul. isn't it misleading to claim that these reductions are cuts that hurt elderly beneficiaries now while failing to inform voters the ryan plan incorporates the same reduction? buerkle: what you are saying is paul ryan because he had a third of the baseline of the affordable care act he took those $700 billion in cuts and put them back in the medicare
medicare should be able to negotiate for the pharmaceutical prices just like the va does. that would save a lot of money. we have got to move forward. i think the trouble with this discussion is we are continuing to argue the past issues when we do have to move forward. there are people who are uninsured. there are still people who are not getting the kind of care they need even though at least now people won't run out of their insurance and have worse things happen to them. >> moderator:...
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the va has the drug companies with discounts of 40%-58% lower than our senior citizens get. that's one of the immediate things i would do. in terms of cutting benefits -- >> moderator: age or means testing, you don't change that? baldwin: people paid in. it's a program and a promise. i saw how medicare worked at a young age, and it is -- they paid in throughout their working lives. we have to strengthen and extent its solvency. thompson supports a program to replace traditional medicare with a voucher. send people off to the private health insurance world with a piece of paper. if it doesn't keep up with costs, tough luck, terrorist out of -- it's out of your own pocket. >> moderator: let's -- baldwin: it's the wrong policy. thompson: just to set the record strags. the deal she's talking about is a democrat proposal from president clinton, introduced in the 1999-2000, and you know who voted for it? congresswoman baldwin, and in june, look at the record, you voted for that sweet heart deal you blame me about. in 2000, i was governor of the state of wisconsin. when that sweet
the va has the drug companies with discounts of 40%-58% lower than our senior citizens get. that's one of the immediate things i would do. in terms of cutting benefits -- >> moderator: age or means testing, you don't change that? baldwin: people paid in. it's a program and a promise. i saw how medicare worked at a young age, and it is -- they paid in throughout their working lives. we have to strengthen and extent its solvency. thompson supports a program to replace traditional medicare...